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Moated site 650m south of Beachendon Farm

England
List entry 1018671
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018671
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.95 hectares
Grid reference
SP 75948 12946
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site 650m south of Beachendon Farm is a medieval defensive or domestic enclosure located in Buckinghamshire. The monument comprises a water-filled moat defining a roughly rectangular plot, a characteristic earthwork form of the 12th to 16th centuries. Such moated sites typically served as the fortified residences of minor gentry or substantial landholding families, providing both status and practical defence. The survival of the moat as an archaeological feature makes this site a valuable record of medieval settlement patterns and domestic architecture in the county.

Moated site 650m south of Beachendon Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018671. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated site 650m south of Beachendon Farm?

Moated site 650m south of Beachendon Farm is a medieval defensive or domestic enclosure located in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018671.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site 650m south of Beachendon Farm?

Moated site 650m south of Beachendon Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1018671.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site 650m south of Beachendon Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site NW of Aston Mullins (4.2 km), Site of the medieval village of Moreton (4.4 km), Notley Abbey: an Augustinian abbey and associated post-Dissolution dovecote (5.8 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Moated site NW of Aston Mullins
4.2 km
Site of the medieval village of Moreton
4.4 km
Notley Abbey: an Augustinian abbey and associated post-Dissolution dovecote
5.8 km
Nucleated medieval settlement east of Waldridge Manor
6.1 km
Moated site 250m north west of Elmbrook Farm
6.5 km
Moated site E of Moorend Lane
8.3 km
The Mount
10.5 km
A bowl barrow on Whiteleaf Hill, 200m north of Whiteleaf Cross
10.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site 650m south of Beachendon Farm

Moated site 650m south of Beachendon Farm stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site 650m south of Beachendon Farm

AlchesterRoman town · ~12.4 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~16.2 milesTowcesterRoman town · ~22.6 milesSt AlbansRoman town · ~23.5 milesBattle of Chalgrove 1643Battle (1643) · ~11.7 miles
Domesday entry for Beachendon, Buckinghamshire →
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